Iago. 'Faith, he to-night hath boarded 8 a land-carrack; If it prove lawful prize, he's made for ever. Caf. I do not understand. Caf. To whom? Iago. Marry, to-Come, Captain, will you go? Enter Othello. Oth. Have with you. Caf. Here comes another troop to feek for you. SCENE VI. Enter Brabantio, Rodorigo, with officers and torches. Iago. It is Brabantio: General, 9 be advis'd; He comes to bad intent, Oth. Holla! fstand there. Rod. Signior, it is the Moor. Bra. Down with him, thief! [They draw on both fides. Iago. You, Rodorigo! come, Sir, I am for youOth. Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will ruft 'em. Good Signior, you fhall more command with years, Than with your weapons. Bra. O thou foul thief! where haft thou ftow'd daughter? Damn'd as thou art, thou haft enchanted her; -a land-carrack,] A carrack is a fhip of great bulk, and commonly of great value; per my haps what we now call, a galleon. 9-be advis'd;] That is, be cool; be cautious; be aifcreet, If fhe in chains of magick were not bound, Whether a maid, fo tender, fair, and happy, So oppofite to marriage, that fhe fhunn'd 'The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t' incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the footy bosom Of fuch a thing as thou; to fear, not to delight? "Judge me the world, if 'tis not grofs in sense, That thou hast practis'd on her with foul charms, 3 Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals, That weaken Notion.I'll hav't difputed on; 'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking. The wealthy CURLED darlings of our nation.] I read CULLED, i. e. felect, chofen. Shakespear ufes this word very frequently, Thefe CULL'D and choice drawn Henry V. Curled was an improper mark of difference between a Venetian and a Moor, which latter people are remarkably curl'd by nature.. WARBURTON. Curled is elegantly and eflenta. tiously dreffed. He had not the hair particularly in his thought. 2 Fudge me the world, &c.] The five following lines are not in the first edition. POPE. 3 Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs, or minerals, That we hen Motion.] Brabantio is here accufing Obello of having used fome foul play, and intoxicated Defdemona by drugs and potions to win her over to his love. But why, drigs to weaken motion? How then could the have run away with him volunta rily from her father's houfe? Had he been averfe to chufing Othello, tho' he had given her medicines that took away the use of her limbs, might the not ftill have retain'd her fenfes, and oppos'd the marriage? Her father, 'tis evident, from feveral of his fpeeches, is pofitive, that fhe must have been abufed in her rational faculties; or the could not have made fo prepofterous a choice, as to wed with a Moor, a Black, and refuse the finest young gentlemen in Venice. What then have we to do with her motion being weaken'd? If I understand any thing of the poet's meaning here, I cannot but think, he must have wrote; Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs, or minerals, That weaken Notion. i. e. her apprehenfion, right con ception and idea of things, underftanding. judgment, &c. THEOB. Hanmer reads with equal probability, That waken motion, I I therefore apprehend and do attach thee Oth. Hold your hands, Both you of my inclining, and the rest. Bra. To prifon, 'till fit time Of law, and courfe of direct Seffion Oth. What if I do obey? How may the Duke be therewith fatisfied, Offi. True, most worthy fignior, The Duke's in Council; and your noble self, Bra. How! the Duke in Council? In this time of the night? Bring them away; Cannot but feel this wrong, as 'twere their own; 4 Bond-flaves, and Pagans-] Mr. Theobald alters Pagans to Pageants, for this reafon, That Pagans are as frict and moral all the world over, as the most regular Chriftians in the prefervation of private property. But what then? The fpeaker had not this high opinion of pagan morality, as is plain from hence, that this important difcovery, fo much to the honour of paganism, was first made by our editor. WARBURTON. SCENE Duke and Senators, fet at a table with lights, and attendants. Duke. 5 T HERE is no compofition in thefe news, 1 Sen. Indeed, they're difproportion'd; But though they jump not on a just account, Duke. Nay, it is poffible enough to judgment. But the main article I do In fearful fenfe. approve Sailors within.] What hoa! what hoa! what hoa! Enter Sailors. Offi. A meffenger from the Gallies. Duke. Now?-What's the business? Sail. The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes. So was I bid report here to the State. Duke. How fay you by this change? i Sen. This cannot be, 7 By no affay of reafon. 'Tis a pageant, 8 That as it more concerns the Turk than Rhodes, That Rhodes is dress'd in. If we make thought of this, To leave that latest which concerns him firft; Neglecting an attempt of eafe and gain, To wake and wage a danger profitless. Duke. Nay, in all confidence, he's not for Rhodes. Offi. Here is more news. Enter a Messenger. Mef. The Ottomites, reverend and gracious, Steering with due courfe toward the Ifle of Rhodes, Have there injointed them with an after-fleet1 Sen. Ay, fo I thought; how many, as you guess? 7 By no affay of reafon.] Bring it to the teft, examine it by reafon as we examine metals by the affay, it will be found counterfeit by all trials. 8 facile queftion-] Quef tion is for the act of fecking. With more eafy endeavour. 9 For that it stands not, &c.] The feven following lines are added fince the first edition. I POPE. -warlike brace,] State of defence. To arm was called to brace on the armour. Mef. |